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"CARMONA, Cavite—Mia Piccio shot a two-under-par 70 yesterday and moved on the threshold of a first international pro win with a one-shot lead over Lee Jeong-hwa of South Korea going into today’s final round of the ICTSI Champion Tour presented by Champion and the Taiwan LPGA.\r\n\r\nThe 24-year-old Piccio had a roller-coaster round over the Legends layout of the Manila Southwoods here, mixing six birdies and four bogeys. She had a 36-hole 137 aggregate.\r\n\r\nLee, the former Philippine Ladies Open champion and the winner of this tournament’s twin event last week at Splendido, fired a 71 to be at 138.\r\n\r\nShe pulled a crucial two-shot swing on the 17th, which Piccio bogeyed.\r\n\r\nAmateur Sam Martirez, who shared the first-round lead with Piccio, Lee and two others, matched par for 139, two ahead of The Country Club teammate Pauline del Rosario, who shot a 67.\r\n\r\nPiccio had a three-shot lead over Lee going into the long par-5 17th, only to push her second shot into the large lagoon on the right side of the fairway.\r\n\r\n“I have a good shot at winning, but I have to be steady (in the final round) and make good decisions,” said Piccio, a regular on the Symmetra Tour in the United States.\r\n\r\nThe well-built Lee also erased Japanese Fumika Kawagishi’s one-shot lead in the final round at Splendido in Tagaytay for her victory.\r\n\r\n“Mia’s distance is her advantage and it will help here,” said Lee, a Southwoods member who knows practically every bounce in the Jack Nicklaus-designed gem.\r\nKawagashi and compatriot Yumi Takabayashi are in Del Rosario’s company after a 72 and 74, respectively, even as Dottie Ardina shot a 72 for the second straight day and is out of it with a 144."
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